On a side note, MY favorite rpg was Neverwinter Nights 2.... the main storyline was just very silly, but, the dialogues and party interaction were awesome.
You didn't mind the railway tracks? They frustrated the heck out of me! Too much 'go here, do this, then go there' with almost no room to do anything out of order. I hated that. HUGE improvement over the original (Completely execrable) NWN, I'll grant you, but I like to feel like I'm making the story, not that the story is making me.
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Best cRPG of any type is still PS:T, IMO. Nothing since then has come close.
